James

Wyche

Wyche has some pass-rush tools but isn’t needed at the moment. Hunter and Romberg could see action later in the season.

An oft-injured player at Mizzou, Smith couldn’t shake an in-camp hip injury. The fourth-round rookie will be eligible to return to the lineup in Week 7. This could clear the way for James Wyche to make the Jaguars’ roster.

Wyche was having a great camp at a position where the Jags are thin. Wyche has an unspecified groin injury.

Wyche was cut to make room for rookie DE Jeremy Navarre, who was activated from the practice squad.

A seventh-round pick three Aprils ago, Wyche has yet to play in an NFL game. He will be an exclusive rights free agent next offseason.

The first three can make $370,000 if they make the club. Fudge, an oft-used reserve and special teamer, can make $445,000. The Jaguars are high on Estandia as they are with most of their TEs. All will be on the roster bubble.

Wyche has been using the early season to get back to full strength after suffering a torn Achilles’ last summer.

Wyche was among the Jaguars inactives against the Colts Thursday. He’s likely headed back to the practice squad.

Wyche, 27, showed he could rush the passer at Syracuse, but finished his college career some four years ago. He’s done nothing at the NFL level.

Both were 2006 draft picks who’ve done little in the pros. Spicer wants a pay raise because he’s in the last year of his contract and has been the Jags’ only reliable end for the past two seasons. Brent Hawkins, Kenneth Pettway, and Brian Smith all have next to no chance of making the Jaguars’ final roster.